The software that finds buyers in your target market
Sighthem brings the exporter's first job, finding the right buyer in the right market, into a single flow from start to finish. Find companies in the target country, discover and verify the decision-maker's email, send campaigns, talk through calls with live translation, and scan business cards into leads at the fair. Every contact you find continues in the same system, all the way through proforma, shipment and collection.
Finding companies in the target market: by country, sector and product
Finding customers in exporting is different from domestic sales; you first pick the right market, then the right company in that market. Sighthem gathers prospects along this axis and ends the pile of scattered notes, spreadsheets and business cards.
- Gather companies in your target market in one pool by country, sector and product, and clearly see how many prospects sit in each market
- Open every prospect as a lead and track interest level and the next step on the pipeline
- Add multiple contacts to the same company, linking purchasing and decision-maker people under a single card
- Prioritize by market, measuring from the start which country and product turns into more prospects
Email discovery and verification: stop messaging dead addresses
Finding a company is not enough; you need an email that actually reaches the decision-maker. Sighthem's email discovery and verification service finds the address instead of guessing it, and confirms its validity before you send.
- Discover likely decision-maker emails from the company domain, instead of hunting for the person one by one
- Verify every address before sending, so you do not hit invalid or risky inboxes and burn your sender reputation
- Attach the verified email straight to the related lead and customer card, with no manual copying
- Keep campaign deliverability healthy by lowering the hard-bounce rate from the start
Campaigns and bulk email: from first touch to an interested buyer
Once the right address list is ready, outreach comes next. Sighthem's campaign module sends segmented bulk email and makes interest measurable, so you move from a cold list to a real opportunity.
- Segment leads by market, sector and product interest, and send the right message in bulk to each group
- Track opens and clicks, and see in numbers which buyer is genuinely interested
- Turn an engaged contact into a warm lead automatically and hand it to sales at the right moment
- Keep the full send history on the related customer card, so you never lose which message went out when
Calls and live translation: break the language barrier during the call
Most sales to a foreign buyer close on a call, but language is often the obstacle in front of it. Sighthem makes the conversation possible with calls and live translation, and ties every contact to the customer record.
- Call the foreign buyer and break the language barrier during the conversation with live translation
- Attach the call automatically to the related customer and lead record, so who said what is on file
- Mark the next step on the pipeline after the call, starting the follow-up quote or sample process
- Keep the conversation trail within a legal recording framework, so context survives even when the team changes
WhatsApp: talk on the buyer's preferred channel from one card
In many markets the buyer prefers messaging over email. Sighthem opens this channel in an official and trackable way with WhatsApp, and the conversation stays tied to the customer card.
- Write to the buyer with a corporate identity through the official WhatsApp API, instead of scattering across a personal phone
- Connect your existing number with the QR pairing mode, so the buyer receives messages from a line they recognize
- Keep all messaging on the related lead and customer card, with incoming and outgoing messages merged into one history
- Tie interest from a message to a pipeline step, moving the chat forward from quote to order
Business card OCR at the fair: scan the card, the lead appears instantly
The fair is the exporter's busiest lead-finding moment, yet the cards collected often vanish in a drawer. With the Sighthem mobile app you scan the card and turn it into a lead while still standing at the booth.
- Use your phone like an installable app with the mobile PWA, without carrying a separate device on the fair floor
- Hold the business card up to the camera and read the name, company and contact details automatically with OCR
- Create a lead instantly from the scanned data, ending hours of manual data entry after the fair
- Move the new lead into a campaign or follow-up flow the same day, capturing warm interest before it cools
Keep the lead you found in the flow: finding customers is only the start
Finding customers alone does not create value; the buyer you found has to turn into a quote, an order and collection. In Sighthem, finding customers is the first link of the foreign trade flow and continues without re-entering data.
- Link a lead to a proforma with one click, without retyping the information gathered while finding the customer
- Report by market and product, seeing which source truly turns into a winning customer
- Open the lead pool to your sales team with stackable permissions, controlling who sees which prospect
- Keep every stage in a single workspace, preserving tenant isolation so data never leaks across workspaces
Before you start finding customers, build your pipeline along the country, sector and product axes. In foreign trade the same product reaches different buyers in different markets; structuring it this way makes both segmented campaigns and market-based reporting easier from day one.
When you verify an email address before sending, the hard-bounce rate drops and your sender reputation is protected. That means the campaign reaches more real inboxes and the first replies from a cold list increase.
Entering business cards days after the fair lets the hottest interest cool. If you do not scan the card at the booth and turn it into a lead, a competitor follows up before you do; start the follow-up flow before the fair ends.
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly does export lead finding software do?
It lets you gather companies in your target market by country, sector and product, discover and verify the decision-maker's email, send segmented campaigns, talk through calls with live translation, and scan business cards into leads at the fair. Sighthem brings all of this into one flow; every contact you find continues in the same system through proforma, shipment and collection.
Does it really verify email addresses, or does it just guess?
Sighthem's email discovery and verification service finds the address from the company domain and confirms its validity before you send. It flags invalid and risky inboxes before you hit them, so your hard-bounce rate drops and your sender reputation is protected. The verified address is attached straight to the related lead and customer card.
How do you solve the language problem with a foreign buyer?
The call module works with live translation; you call the foreign buyer and break the language barrier during the conversation. You can also message on the buyer's preferred channel through the official WhatsApp API and the QR pairing mode. Every call and message is attached automatically to the related customer card, so context survives even when the team changes.
How do I get the business cards I collect at the fair into the system?
With the Sighthem mobile PWA you use your phone like an installable app. You hold the business card up to the camera, OCR reads the name, company and contact details, and a lead is created while you are still at the booth. This saves you hours of manual data entry after the fair, and you can move the new lead into a campaign or follow-up flow the same day.
What happens to the customer I found, where does the flow go?
In Sighthem, finding customers is the first link of the foreign trade flow. You link the lead you found to a proforma with one click, and from there move on to order, shipment and collection in the same system, without re-entering data. You see which market and source truly turns into a winning customer in market- and product-based reports.
Do I need to give card details to get started?
No. You can try Sighthem free for 14 days on the PRO plan, with no card required. During this time you can test the flow for finding companies in your target market, email verification, campaigns, calls and business card OCR with your real data, and move your lead-finding process onto a single platform.
Move export lead finding onto one platform: find companies, verify emails, run campaigns, scan business cards. Try Sighthem free for 14 days on the PRO plan, no card required.
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